From 9 to 13 September 2026, the Committee for Tourism Growth of St. Petersburg organised a world info tour centered on St. Petersburg’s precedence tourism sectors. The members included about 40 representatives of tour operator corporations, industry-specific media and bloggers from Brazil, Vietnam, India, China, the UAE, Oman, Saudi Arabia and South Africa. The occasion was aimed toward selling St. Petersburg as a contemporary, year-round vacationer vacation spot.
The data tour launched overseas specialists to the cultural, enterprise, occasion and gastronomic potential of Russia’s northern capital, and in addition facilitated direct contacts between overseas tour operators and St. Petersburg service suppliers. The data marketing campaign lined pleasant international locations and confirmed sturdy curiosity in Russia as a beautiful vacationer vacation spot.
A particular enterprise programme was organized for tour operators. It turned an necessary a part of the data tour and enabled members not solely to turn into acquainted with the town but in addition to determine skilled connections. The stay dialogue format made it potential to debate particular requests, change contacts and description joint tasks.
Contributors have been taken alongside a traditional route and launched to St. Petersburg’s principal treasures. Within the historic centre, they visited the Manege Central Exhibition Corridor and ascended the colonnade of St. Isaac’s Cathedral, one of many metropolis’s principal remark platforms. On the Peter and Paul Fortress, the visitors heard the legendary midday cannon shot, a convention that rings out over the Neva day-after-day. The imperial residences at Tsarskoye Selo, with the Catherine Palace and the Amber Room, Peterhof and Gatchina Palace, conveyed the size and grandeur of Russian historical past.
Along with the classics, members noticed websites representing the town’s new tourism geography. International visitors found trendy St. Petersburg: the New Holland artistic area, in addition to the Sevkabel Port and Brusnitsyn clusters, which have turn into magnets for artistic industries.
An necessary milestone of their introduction to trendy St. Petersburg was the Lakhta Middle. Contributors ascended the remark deck of the tallest constructing in Europe and assessed the town from above, from historic districts to new architectural horizons.
“We wish each visitor to take a bit of its soul away from St. Petersburg. Our metropolis has monumental tourism potential: majestic palaces, trendy artistic areas, and the distinctive environment of the white nights and drawbridges. Tour members noticed how St. Petersburg residents stay, and we hope they may turn into our goodwill ambassadors. Russia is attracting growing consideration, and St. Petersburg is its principal gateway for thousands and thousands of vacationers,” famous Evgeny Pankevich, Chairman of the Committee for Tourism Growth of St. Petersburg.
Visitors of St. Petersburg took dwelling not solely new data but in addition vivid feelings.
“Thanks very a lot to the fantastic crew of St. Petersburg for making our go to so memorable! From the wonderful metropolis excursions to the time spent collectively, all the pieces was effectively thought out and made the journey really gratifying. I’m leaving St. Petersburg with fantastic reminiscences and immense gratitude to everybody who made this journey potential,” mentioned Mohammed Salahuddin (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).
“Thanks to the crew for organising an exquisite journey to St. Petersburg; I actually loved exploring this superb metropolis and its historical past. It was a pleasure to make new buddies. Come to Oman!” mentioned Bhagat Bhavna (Oman).
“Each half was attention-grabbing and helpful. We hope to see you and everybody within the group once more quickly,” mentioned Thuy Van (Vietnam).
“We specific our honest gratitude for the large efforts that made our mission profitable. You labored tirelessly to make sure the programme was excellently ready. We wrote the reality precisely as we noticed and skilled it,” mentioned Karim Murtada (UAE).
“Many due to your complete St. Petersburg crew for making this expertise so particular! I’m returning with unbelievable reminiscences, new buddies and plenty of vivid moments,” mentioned Hrituraj Badrinarayan Mishra (India).
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